The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 2173
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
5:05 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3101
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.0° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 22.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.18° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.81° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.