The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
4:09 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 31.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -0.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.61° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.55° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.