The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2099
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 79°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
2:45 PM
79°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 2186
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 | 261.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 285.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 28.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.93° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.81° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.18° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.