The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 1973
Waxing Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
10:07 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 628
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 115.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -23.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.18° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.99° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.