The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
4:52 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -102
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 | 162.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 17.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -2.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.64° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.02° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.