The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 1981
Waxing Crescent
18.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
9:58 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 114.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.51° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.43° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.