The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 1916
Waxing Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
9:32 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -77
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 | 67.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 121.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.42° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.49° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.