The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 1943
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
8:49 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 257
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 | 25.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 127.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.18° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.27° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.