The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 1947
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
8:49 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 306
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 | 209.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 322.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 12.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.19° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.96° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.