The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 1971
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
10:18 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 210.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 314.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 20.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.43° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.34° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.