The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 1978
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
7:04 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 689
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 | 352.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 158.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -0.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.91° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.19° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.