The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 1998
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
8:17 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 937
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.95° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.55° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.