The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 1994
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
8:51 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 888
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 127.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.05° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.86° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.