The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 1990
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
10:13 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 838
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 314.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.90° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.14° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.