The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1942
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 244
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.48° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.00° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.89° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.