The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 2024
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
9:24 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1259
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 | 53.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -26.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.35° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.57° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.