The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 2066
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
10:55 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1778
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 | 217.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 308.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.53° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.11° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| 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.