The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 1989
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
10:59 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 826
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -27.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.55° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.27° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.