The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 2128
First Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2545
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 90.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.60° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.07° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.