The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 1951
First Quarter
46.8% 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
2:02 PM
11:00 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 356
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 109.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.77° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.17° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.