The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2016
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
7:49 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 7.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 142.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.19° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.19° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.