The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 1918
Waxing Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
7:36 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -52
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 | 16.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 142.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.28° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.09° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.