The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 1901
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
3:26 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -263
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 | 304.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 10.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.58° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.07° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.