The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -213
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 | 104.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.99° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.16° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.15° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.