The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 1926
Waning Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
4:05 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 46
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 | 303.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.1° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 19.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.86° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.67° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.