The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 2020
Full Moon
99.8% 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
7:34 PM
7:02 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1209
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / -1.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.60° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 184.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.