The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 1922
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
6:58 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -3
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 | 187.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 343.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.91° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.06° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.