The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
11:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1209
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 | 232.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 296.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.93° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.32° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.