The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
12:22 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1902
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 | 101.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -23.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.95° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.85° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.