The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 2179
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3176
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.10° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.28° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.84° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.