The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 2186
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
10:19 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3262
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.77° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.54° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.