The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2072
Waning Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
11:22 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1852
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 | 228.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 295.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 14.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.78° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.28° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.