The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2073
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
11:28 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1865
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 103.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.33° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.20° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.91° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.