The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 1941
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
7:37 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 232
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 | 195.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 334.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 7.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.07° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.83° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.