The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 2012
Waning Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 262.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 276.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.59° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.09° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.