The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1955
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
1:03 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 405
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 | 244.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 23.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.33° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.53° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.