The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
3:48 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 139.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 32.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.81° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.46° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.