The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 2000
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
9:49 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 962
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 | 47.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.40° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.83° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.