The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 1962
First Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 492
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.96° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.43° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.