The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 1978
Waxing Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
10:19 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 54.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 112.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.40° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.72° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.