The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 1947
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
7:42 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 306
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 | 197.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 331.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 7.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.90° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.80° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.