The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 2156
Last Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2891
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.03° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.39° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.