The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 2046
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
7:50 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1531
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 138.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.01° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.12° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.