The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 1939
Last Quarter
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 207
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.74° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.30° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.