The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
2:51 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3052
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.4° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.13° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.64° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.