The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 2002
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
7:36 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 987
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 146.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -2.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.04° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.74° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.