The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 2069
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
8:28 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1815
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 322.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.84° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.27° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.