The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 2055
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
8:09 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1642
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 | 189.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 320.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 4.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.08° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.76° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.