The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 2016
Waxing Crescent
35.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
11:31 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.4%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 72.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 102.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.65° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.91° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.