The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 2098
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
11:36 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2174
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -28.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.57° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.43° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.12° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.