The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 1986
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
9:24 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 789
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 121.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.53° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.19° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.