The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
4:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1234
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 | 151.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 8.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -9.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.06° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.08° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.