The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 1953
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
5:13 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 380
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 194.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -3.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.78° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.88° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.