The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 1940
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
11:21 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 220
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 | 83.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 104.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.54° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.53° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.43° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.