The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 2162
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2965
Events on this date
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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 | 270.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 270.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.99° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.34° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.