The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
3:33 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 999
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.0° / 36.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.90° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.04° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.