The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
6:26 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 900
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 | 167.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 348.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / 2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.83° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.28° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.