The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 2176
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
6:22 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3138
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 | 345.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 172.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / -1.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.27° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.97° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.