The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 1940
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
10:24 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 220
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 | 70.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 112.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.07° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.27° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.63° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.