The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2051
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
8:05 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1593
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 136.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -11.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.85° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.86° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.