The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2078
Waning Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
5:40 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1926
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 | 310.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 232.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.56° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.18° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.