The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 1914
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
9:56 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -102
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 321.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.25° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.80° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.