The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2082
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
7:21 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1976
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 338.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.67° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.