The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 1975
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
8:02 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 653
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 137.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.26° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.87° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.