The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1915
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
5:14 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -90
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 | 344.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 195.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -2.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.59° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.49° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.