The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 1993
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
12:58 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 875
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 | 244.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 21.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.13° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.12° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.