The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 1937
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
4:32 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 182
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 | 326.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.7° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 5.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.72° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.13° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.