The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
12:57 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 900
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.95° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.13° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.