The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% 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
4:12 PM
12:28 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2842
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 | 103.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.54° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.01° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.