The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 2171
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
8:32 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3077
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 130.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.21° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.45° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.