The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 1975
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
8:48 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 653
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 | 35.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 127.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.93° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.65° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.