The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2033
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1370
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.52° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.70° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.