The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 2055
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
9:05 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1642
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 | 200.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 312.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 8.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.99° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.92° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.