The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1954
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
9:11 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 393
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 | 62.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 123.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -24.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.00° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.08° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.