The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
1:15 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3151
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 77.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.68° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.23° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.