The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 2168
Waxing Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
11:21 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3040
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 | 74.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -22.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.36° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.08° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.