The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 2069
Waning Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1815
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.81° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.12° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.