The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
1:04 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -77
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 77.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.76° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.74° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.