The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2065
First Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1766
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -23.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.11° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.28° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.