The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 1936
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
1:09 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 170
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 | 259.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.14° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.42° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.