The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 2040
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
8:00 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1457
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 137.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -10.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.42° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.92° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.