The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
5:25 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 430
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 | 155.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 6.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -0.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.63° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.84° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.