The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 2077
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
1:03 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1914
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 | 243.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 293.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 24.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.23° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.51° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.