The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
64.9% 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
2:49 PM
12:03 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 393
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 | 107.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 88.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.13° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.31° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.