The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2161
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
9:39 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2953
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 | 204.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 315.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.36° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.78° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.