The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 1966
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
9:10 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 541
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 | 201.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 313.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 9.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.61° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.08° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.