The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 1928
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
10:04 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 71
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 | 223.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.62° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.32° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.