The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 2018
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
6:41 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1184
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 | 340.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 174.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.51° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.14° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.