The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 1955
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
2:00 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 405
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 22.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.55° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.71° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| 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.