The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 1941
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
8:33 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 232
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 | 206.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 323.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 11.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.03° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.99° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.