The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1943
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
9:23 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 257
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 | 37.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 120.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -11.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.20° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.05° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.