The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 2053
Waning Crescent
31.0% 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
1:41 AM
4:00 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1617
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 15.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.42° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.41° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.