The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
5:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 838
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 | 155.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 5.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.93° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.49° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.