The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
3:58 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1939
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 28.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -12.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.31° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.83° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.