The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
12:30 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1197
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 | 100.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 86.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -22.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.08° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.24° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.