The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 2083
Waning Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
4:32 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1988
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 299.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.18° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.46° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.