The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 2001
Waning Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
11:26 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 974
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 | 226.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.43° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.53° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.