The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1920
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
4:27 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -28
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 | 304.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 234.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 10.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.69° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.37° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.