The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 2087
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
10:01 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2038
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 115.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.43° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.59° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.