The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 1980
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
3:09 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 714
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 | 276.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 268.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.06° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.49° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.