The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 2169
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
8:49 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3052
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 | 197.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 315.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 8.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.79° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.36° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| 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.