The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 1977
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
11:30 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 677
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 | 229.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 295.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 45m / 16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.73° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.44° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.