The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 1996
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
4:31 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 912
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 | 304.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.4° / 235.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.17° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.40° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| 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.