The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 1932
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
6:51 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 121
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 153.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.92° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.03° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.