The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 1980
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
6:45 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 714
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 168.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 3.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.76° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.74° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.