The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 2021
Waning Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
5:05 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1221
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 | 299.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 22.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.92° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.96° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.