The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
5:23 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 11.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / 4.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.85° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.39° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.