The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 1953
Waning Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
3:42 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 380
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.21° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.03° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.