The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 2103
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
11:09 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2236
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 | 72.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 107.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -24.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.15° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.86° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.