The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2140
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
1:28 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2693
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 | 248.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 24.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.52° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.70° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.