The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
4:39 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -139
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 | 161.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 18.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.90° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.32° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.