The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 1950
Waning Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
11:58 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 343
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 | 241.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 306.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.16° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.45° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.77° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.