The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
2:18 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -77
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 | 132.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 60.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.03° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.57° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.