The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1966
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
2:28 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 541
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 | 259.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 285.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 27.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.08° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.77° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.95° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.