The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 6, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
5:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2916
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 | 161.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 357.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / 2.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.07° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.16° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.