The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
1:03 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 665
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 | 104.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 78.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -16.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.52° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.93° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.