The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 2054
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1630
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 98.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.54° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.33° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.50° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.