The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 1974
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
7:41 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 333.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 8.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.67° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.49° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 4.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.