The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1981
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
9:25 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.62° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.64° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.