The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1992
Waxing Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
10:48 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 863
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 | 67.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 109.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -23.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.60° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.01° / 1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.19° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| 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.