The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2022
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
10:54 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1234
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 | 72.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 109.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -26.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.85° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.16° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.