The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 2002
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
8:08 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 987
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 | 17.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 136.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -8.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.29° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.52° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.