The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 1912
Waning Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
4:49 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -127
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.6° / 231.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 12.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.52° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.56° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.