The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 1950
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
4:17 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 343
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 | 309.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.9° / 248.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.36° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.94° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.