The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 1928
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
8:47 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 71
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 321.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 12.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.96° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.16° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.