The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 2001
Waning Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
12:30 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 974
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 20.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.34° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.70° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.