The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1994
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
8:03 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 888
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 137.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -13.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.14° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.08° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.