The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 1973
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
10:57 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 628
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 | 70.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.12° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.78° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.