The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 2047
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
7:24 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1541
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 305.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -10.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.03° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.