The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 2130
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
7:19 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2569
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.3° / 156.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.95° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.00° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.