The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1960
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
9:10 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 467
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 | 201.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 312.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.84° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.12° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.