The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
2:51 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1939
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 | 129.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 51.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.50° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.00° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.