The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
5:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2075
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 359.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.26° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.62° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.