The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 1979
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
9:29 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 702
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 | 205.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 309.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 10.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.27° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.91° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.