The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% 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
4:52 PM
3:31 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1568
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 40.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -7.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.44° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.88° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.