The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 1947
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
1:30 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 306
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 26.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.05° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.66° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.