The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 1982
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
11:21 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 739
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 | 226.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 298.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.62° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.73° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.