The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 2014
First Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1135
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.50° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.50° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.