The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
12:20 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1531
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 87.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -21.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.97° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.00° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.88° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.