The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 2013
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
8:48 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1123
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 127.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.13° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.05° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.