The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 1923
Waning Gibbous
55.3% 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
11:19 PM
1:08 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 9
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 | 264.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.55° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.79° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.