The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
5:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3250
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 357.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -5.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.48° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.78° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.3° |
| 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.