The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2061
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
10:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1716
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 | 210.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 311.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 16.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.24° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.87° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.