The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
8:01 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1061
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 135.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.00° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.50° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.