The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 2059
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
7:21 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1692
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 150.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -2.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.50° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.54° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 215.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.