The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Waning Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
3:49 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1147
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 | 290.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 14.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.86° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.80° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.