The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 2005
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
8:37 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1024
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 | 38.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 128.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.51° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.58° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.