The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 1967
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
8:50 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 554
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 126.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.31° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.20° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.