The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 2018
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
6:06 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1184
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 | 326.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.9° / 198.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.06° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.92° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.