The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 2023
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
10:02 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1246
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 310.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.72° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.27° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.