The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 1974
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
8:42 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 640
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 | 194.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 323.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.28° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.65° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.