The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
2:09 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1976
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.77° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.89° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.