The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 2072
Waning Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
4:39 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1852
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 | 303.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 237.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 13.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.68° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.42° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| 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.