The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1931
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
11:13 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 108
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 | 233.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 310.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.99° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.99° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.