The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 1999
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
6:02 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 949
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 | 326.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.5° / 199.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.53° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.12° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.