The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 2007
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
5:32 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1048
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.2° / 210.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.62° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.66° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.