The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 1939
Waning Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
2:39 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 207
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 | 289.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.87° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.49° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| 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.