The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 2147
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
5:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2780
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 1.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -5.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.81° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.39° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.