The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2191
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
5:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3324
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 351.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -5.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.96° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.03° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.