The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 2198
Waxing Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
11:48 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3411
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 | 77.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -20.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.84° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.24° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.