The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2034
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
4:03 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1382
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 14.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.61° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.60° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.