The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 2176
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
9:29 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3139
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 | 53.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -25.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.66° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.71° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.