The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 1923
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
4:06 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 9
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 11.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.40° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.60° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.