The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
3:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 329
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.3° / 4.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -27.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.36° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.74° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.