The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 1958
Waning Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
2:59 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 442
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 | 277.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 24m / 16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.19° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.01° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.58° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.