The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 1917
Waning Gibbous
95.0% 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
7:03 PM
8:41 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -65
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 | 205.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 329.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.61° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.93° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.