The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1926
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
6:52 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 47
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 | 8.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 159.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -4.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.38° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.03° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.