The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 2083
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
1:13 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1988
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 43m / 26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.80° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.48° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.