The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 2100
Waxing Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
9:31 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2199
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 | 54.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -26.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.26° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.76° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.