The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 2147
Waxing Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
11:49 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2780
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 99.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.28° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.46° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.