The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 2108
Waning Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
5:06 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2297
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 224.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 11.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.45° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.25° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.