The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 2012
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
1:27 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 251.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.67° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.90° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.