The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 1945
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
4:27 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 281
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.17° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.48° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.