The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 1992
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
11:45 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 863
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 | 79.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 102.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -23.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.23° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.36° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.99° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.