The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 1910
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 AM
5:54 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -152
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.9° / 198.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.86° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.99° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.