The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
1:38 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 962
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 73.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.62° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.65° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.