The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 1979
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
8:18 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 702
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 | 191.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 319.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.63° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.76° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.