The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1937
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
7:41 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 183
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 | 36.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 140.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.22° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / 2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.55° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.