The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 2073
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
7:47 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1865
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 144.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.46° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.99° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.