The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 1959
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
7:27 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 455
Events on this date
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 90% of the Sun is covered at 6:49 AM.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 149.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -3.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.66° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.41° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.