The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 2027
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
7:46 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1296
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 139.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.98° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.92° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.