The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
1:34 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 127.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 73.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.17° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.71° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.