The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 1961
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
5:52 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 479
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 | 325.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 201.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 9.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.50° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.71° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.