The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
2:27 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 937
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 59.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.80° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.26° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.