The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
5:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 900
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 | 155.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 6.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.44° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.44° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| 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.