The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
7:00 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 665
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 341.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.60° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.91° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| 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.