The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 1946
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
9:56 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 294
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -23.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.44° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.64° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.