The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 1909
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
8:51 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -164
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 | 210.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 319.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.62° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.36° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.