The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
5:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1135
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 5.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -1.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.85° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.63° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.