The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 2099
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
9:34 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2186
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 | 204.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 315.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 15.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.95° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.30° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.