The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 1903
Full Moon
100.0% 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
6:17 PM
6:25 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -238
Events on this date
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 8:40 AM, is deepest at 10:17 AM and ends at 11:54 AM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 351.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.04° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.