The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2118
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
9:18 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2421
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 | 201.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 317.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.32° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.91° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.