The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 2050
Last Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1580
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 270.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.33° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.50° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.