The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 2012
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
8:57 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 197.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 320.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.24° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.04° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.