The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 1924
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
9:08 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 22
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 124.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.66° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.13° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.