The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
2:57 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1172
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 | 129.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.14° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.46° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.