The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1921
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
7:01 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -15
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 | 15.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 154.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -9.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.92° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.28° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.