The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
1:08 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1702
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 | 114.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 82.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.26° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.13° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.