The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
2:42 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 232
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 | 137.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 55.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.10° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.99° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.