The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 158
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 | 104.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.91° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.11° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.