The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 2010
Waning Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
3:18 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1085
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 | 276.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.74° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.52° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.