The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 1918
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
5:48 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -53
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 | 333.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.6° / 190.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 2.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.70° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.03° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.