The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 1983
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
4:44 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 751
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 23.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.85° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.37° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.