The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1921
Waxing Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
9:59 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -15
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 | 65.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 115.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.65° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.99° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.42° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.