The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
12:44 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 962
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 84.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -21.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.77° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / 1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.83° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.