The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 1970
Waxing Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
7:52 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 591
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 137.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.28° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.91° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.