The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2062
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
9:03 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1729
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 | 47.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 124.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -25.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.47° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.36° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.