The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 2049
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
10:03 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1568
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 | 55.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 115.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.03° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.01° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.