The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 2131
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
8:26 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2582
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 317.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.50° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.77° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.