The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 1901
Waning Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
11:34 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -263
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 37m / 19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.58° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.12° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.