The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 1928
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 71
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 | 289.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.23° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.23° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.