The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 2018
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
2:03 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1184
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 | 260.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.84° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.91° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.