The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1927
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
10:11 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 59
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 | 74.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 114.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -23.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.69° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.24° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.