The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 2062
Waxing Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
9:46 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1729
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 | 59.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 118.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -27.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.98° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.15° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.