The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 2135
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
7:19 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2632
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. Not visible from Columbus.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 149.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -7.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.25° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.51° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.