The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1983
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
7:38 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 752
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.8° / 146.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.52° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.46° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.