The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1909
Waning Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -164
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 | 286.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 23.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.54° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.43° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.