The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 1948
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
5:55 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 318
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 193.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.78° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.63° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.