The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 2102
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
1:00 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2223
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 | 242.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 25.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.19° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.09° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.