The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
4:09 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -40
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 | 141.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 29.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -5.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.58° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.42° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.