The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
3:39 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 863
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 39.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.20° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.07° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.