The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 1961
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 479
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.09° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.69° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.