The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 2017
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
9:27 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1172
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 | 205.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 309.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 9.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.63° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.52° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.