The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 2159
Waning Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
4:50 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2928
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 224.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.68° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.49° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.