The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 2183
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
1:00 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3225
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 | 248.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 25m / 17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.73° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.03° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.39° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.