The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 2099
Waning Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
11:48 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2184
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 | 240.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 7.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.44° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.60° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.