The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1937
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
5:01 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 182
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 204.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 0.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.86° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.35° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.