The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1965
First Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 529
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.79° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.15° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.