The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 2143
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2730
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 275.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 19.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.69° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.98° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.55° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| 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.