The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 1991
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
6:37 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 850
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 160.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -8.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.91° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.00° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.