The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1909
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
10:08 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -164
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 | 224.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 311.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.35° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.52° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.