The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
12:35 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 257
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 | 100.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.30° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.05° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.