The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 2151
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
1:23 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2829
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 | 248.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 23.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.01° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.93° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.0° |
| 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.