The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 1999
Waning Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
4:18 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 947
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 | 295.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 35m / 17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.61° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.53° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.