The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1999
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
6:34 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 949
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 | 338.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 177.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 6.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.56° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.34° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.