The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 2029
Waning Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
3:24 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1320
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 20.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.99° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.86° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.32° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.