The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 1972
Waning Crescent
30.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
4:18 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.2%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 615
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.7° / 253.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.99° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.13° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.