The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
2:39 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 139.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.22° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.55° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.