The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
6:50 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1258
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 | 347.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 164.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 2.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.89° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.13° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.