The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
4:49 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 467
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 | 150.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 12.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -7.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.43° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.52° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| 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.