The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 2187
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
7:22 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3274
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 156.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 4.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.84° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.22° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.