The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 2029
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
6:41 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1320
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 159.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -9.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.75° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.61° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 37.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.