The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
3:28 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1704
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 | 137.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 37.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.26° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.63° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.