The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 1978
Waxing Crescent
30.9% 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
12:57 PM
11:12 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 690
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.31° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.29° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.52° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.