The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
2:50 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 628
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -11.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.88° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.85° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.