The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 1975
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
5:29 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 652
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.7° / 203.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 5.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.70° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.24° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.