The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 1958
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
3:41 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 442
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 | 289.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.44° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.75° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.78° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.