The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1988
Waning Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
5:22 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 222.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 13.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.53° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.85° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.