The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 2059
Waning Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
5:26 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1691
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.6° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 21.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.07° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.37° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.