The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 2081
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
9:25 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1964
Events on this date
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 121.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -26.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.70° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.09° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.56° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.