The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
5:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2013
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 5.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.24° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.90° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.