The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
1:39 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 430
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 | 111.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 71.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.98° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.53° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.