The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 1907
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
6:12 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -189
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 | 351.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 181.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / 3.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.45° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.94° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.