The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 1906
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
10:17 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -201
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 | 227.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.57° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.23° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.