The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1915
Waning Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -90
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 23.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.77° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.42° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.