The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 1902
Waxing Crescent
31.5% 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
12:01 PM
10:07 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -250
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.55° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.04° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.