The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 6, 2050
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
10:54 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1578
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 | 230.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.81° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.