The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 2079
Waxing Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
10:52 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1939
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -27.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.96° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.93° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.