The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 1960
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
10:11 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 467
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.76° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.29° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.