The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 1995
First Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 900
Events on this date
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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 | 90.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.78° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.32° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.