The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 2050
Waning Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
1:48 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1580
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.64° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.32° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.