The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 1913
First Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
10:51 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -114
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -28.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.54° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.37° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.78° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| 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.