The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 2015
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
11:27 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1147
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 | 229.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 45m / 15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.58° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.87° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.