The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
3:32 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -176
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -10.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.76° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.98° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.