The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 1910
Waxing Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
8:18 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -151
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 131.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.17° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.70° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.