The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
3:21 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1098
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 | 131.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -8.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.30° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.46° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.