The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2006
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
6:49 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1036
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 340.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 3.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.62° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.04° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.