The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 1918
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
8:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -52
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 | 27.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 134.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.12° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.87° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.