The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 2007
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
5:10 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1048
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 | 309.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 231.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.16° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.45° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.