The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 1972
Waning Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
4:49 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 615
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 | 305.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.16° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.34° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.