The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1948
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
9:13 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 319
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 123.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -26.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.43° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.94° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.06° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.