The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
2:39 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2978
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 | 123.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.83° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.61° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.