The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2023
Last Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1246
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 27.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.17° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.15° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.