The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 1933
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
9:41 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 133
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 | 215.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 323.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.11° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.42° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.