The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
12:17 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -139
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 | 114.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.07° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.00° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.