The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 1929
Waxing Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
8:09 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 84
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 | 45.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 133.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.30° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.10° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.