The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 1929
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
5:58 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 83
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 | 344.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 193.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.40° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.80° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.