The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
5:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1840
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 | 161.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 355.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -1.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.20° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.23° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.