The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 1920
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
11:16 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -28
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 | 225.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.84° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.25° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.