The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 1939
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
9:19 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 207
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 317.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 14.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.73° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / 2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.39° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.