The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 2031
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
1:18 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1345
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.63° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.51° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.