The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 2060
Waxing Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
11:04 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1704
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 | 76.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -27.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.62° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.54° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.