The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 2065
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
7:48 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1766
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 139.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -16.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.69° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.32° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.