The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 2097
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
7:45 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2162
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 140.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -10.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.56° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.91° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.