The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 1967
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
6:51 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 553
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 168.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 5.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.17° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.91° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.