The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1920
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
12:21 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -28
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 | 238.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.90° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.42° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.