The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 1917
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
12:56 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -65
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 | 256.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.89° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.61° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.