The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 2078
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
7:34 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1927
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 | 7.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 144.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.59° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.73° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.