The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 2100
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
8:41 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2199
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 | 41.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 128.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.50° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.97° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.