The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 1909
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
2:30 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -164
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 25.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.88° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.23° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.