The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 121
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 98.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -25.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.15° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.58° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.80° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.