The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 1975
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
4:53 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 652
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 226.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 10.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.90° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.02° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.