The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 2047
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
10:12 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1543
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 314.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.85° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.33° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.