The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1908
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
10:02 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -176
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 | 70.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 115.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.76° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.05° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.