The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2163
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
9:40 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2978
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 | 44.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 118.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.84° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.78° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.