The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 2106
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
9:56 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2273
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 | 51.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 116.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.76° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.99° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.