The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 2025
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
6:50 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1271
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 341.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 4.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.86° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.