The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 2164
Waning Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
1:24 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2990
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 | 253.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.65° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.77° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.