The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 2049
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1566
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.69° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.55° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.