The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2017
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
8:18 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1172
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 318.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 5.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.28° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.36° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.