The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 2154
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
6:50 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2866
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 | 351.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 161.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.73° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.07° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.