The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 2092
First Quarter
45.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2100
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.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.82° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.90° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.