The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 2096
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
1:06 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2149
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 | 243.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 25.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.57° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.31° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.