The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 1915
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
2:22 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -90
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 25.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.74° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.23° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.