The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
3:29 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 702
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 | 135.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 39.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -12.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.84° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.88° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.