The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 2074
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
9:47 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1877
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 | 208.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 307.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.46° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.70° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.