The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1959
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
6:50 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 454
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 | 348.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 164.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 0.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.38° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.36° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.