The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 1901
Waning Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
10:28 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -263
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 309.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.07° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.95° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.