The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 1954
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
8:26 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 393
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 | 51.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 130.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -23.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.17° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.29° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.