The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 1908
Waxing Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
10:54 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -176
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 | 83.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 109.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -23.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.13° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.85° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.