The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
5:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 153.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.6° / 8.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -4.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.56° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.29° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.