The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 2088
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2050
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 | 258.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 278.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.14° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.93° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.