The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 1900
First Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
11:31 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -275
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.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 103.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.95° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.41° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.