The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
2:17 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -176
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 | 135.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 61.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.88° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.14° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.