The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 1945
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
6:44 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 282
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 162.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -2.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.39° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.44° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.