The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 1984
First Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 764
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 100.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -26.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.73° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.33° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.54° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.