The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 1936
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
8:42 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 170
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.42° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.74° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.