The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% 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
5:30 PM
3:41 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 467
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 | 137.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 36.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.33° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.68° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.