The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 2103
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
7:03 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2236
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 152.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -9.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.46° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.73° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.15° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 346.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.