The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 2048
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
7:30 AM
6:43 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1555
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 | 359.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 158.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -9.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.11° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.60° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 28.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.