The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 1949
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
6:58 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 331
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 345.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 8.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.45° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.