The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
2:35 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2743
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 | 122.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.15° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.41° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.