The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 2160
Waxing Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2941
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 | 83.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 97.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.82° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.64° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.