The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 1951
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
6:21 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 356
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 165.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.53° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.44° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 316.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.