The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Waning Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
4:26 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1147
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 | 302.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 12.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.08° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.00° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.