The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 2051
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
5:33 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1592
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 | 324.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 6.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.09° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.04° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.