The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2089
Waning Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
5:47 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2062
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.5° / 198.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.79° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.67° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.