The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 1981
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
12:03 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Venus 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 | 93.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -21.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.14° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.63° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.