The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
6:52 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2285
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 | 173.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 339.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 2.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.45° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.