The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1982
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
6:48 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 739
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 331.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / -2.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 200.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.