The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 2103
Waxing Crescent
25.4% 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
12:51 PM
10:10 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2236
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 | 60.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -24.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.22° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.06° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.