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Moon Information For October 6 2018 (Australia)

Moon October 6, 2018 (Australia)

The Moon information shown here applies to Canberra, Australia on Saturday, October 6, 2018. (Local time Australia/Canberra)

Moonrise to moonset9h24m
Moonrise05:32
Moonset14:56
Distance to the center of the Sun149,570,168 km
Distance to the center of Earth364,286 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)16.5%
Lunar phasewaning
Current zodiac sign the MoonLeo ♌
Moon age (days past new moon)25.6

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in October 2018.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and BeehiveOctober 4Beehive is 1.3 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and Regulus2018-10-06 07:58Regulus is 1.9 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterOctober 12Jupiter is 4.3 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnOctober 15Saturn is 2 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and MarsOctober 19Mars is 2.2 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and AldebaranOctober 28Aldebaran is 1.6 degrees South of the Moon.

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