The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
3:34 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1234
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 | 138.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 35.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.91° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.24° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.