The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2045
Waning Crescent
19.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
5:00 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1518
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.6° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.06° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.07° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.