The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2141
Waxing Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
11:23 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2706
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.19° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.45° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.