The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 2116
Waning Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
4:56 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2396
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 | 295.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 24.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.00° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.59° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.