The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 2145
Waning Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
12:42 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2755
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.83° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.96° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.