The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2054
Waxing Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
11:11 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1630
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 | 68.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.88° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.92° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.70° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| 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.