The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1977
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
12:23 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 677
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 | 240.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 35m / 17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.66° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.62° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.