The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 1951
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
9:50 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 356
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 | 72.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 119.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.56° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.37° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.