The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 2006
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
8:07 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1036
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 328.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 10.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.79° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.6° |
| 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.