The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 1948
Waxing Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 AM
8:28 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 319
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 | 51.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 130.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -23.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.14° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.83° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.27° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.