The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 1912
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
4:20 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -127
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 | 307.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.2° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.96° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.35° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.