The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -139
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 98.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.00° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.18° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.