The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
1:26 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1197
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 | 112.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 75.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.17° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.05° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.