The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 2080
Last Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1951
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 27.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.43° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.58° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.