The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 2069
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
10:44 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1813
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 | 228.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 3.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.03° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.62° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| 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.