The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 2008
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
11:43 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1061
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -26.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.02° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.45° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.