The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 2133
Waxing Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
12:46 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2607
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -24.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.84° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.63° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| 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.