The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 1980
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
6:17 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 714
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 | 333.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 186.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 7.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.86° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.52° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.