The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2005
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
6:38 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1023
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 | 340.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 174.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 6.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.63° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.32° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.