The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
6:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 665
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 | 163.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 355.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / 1.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.56° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.07° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.