The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
5:16 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 96
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 | 167.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 8.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -1.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.57° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.52° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.