The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 1993
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
8:17 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 875
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 | 189.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 326.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 10.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.04° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.27° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.