The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 2016
Waxing Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
10:45 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1160
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 108.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.63° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.11° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.