The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
4:54 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1840
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 | 150.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 13.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -5.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.79° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.39° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.