The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 2065
Waxing Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
12:33 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1766
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.76° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.09° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.