The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
2:20 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1098
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 61.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -12.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.95° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.63° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.