The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
12:03 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 764
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 | 98.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -26.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.52° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.83° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.35° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.