The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1936
Waning Gibbous
98.8% 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
6:27 PM
7:25 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 170
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 342.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 12.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.21° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.58° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.