The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 1997
Waxing Crescent
0.9% 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
8:14 AM
7:55 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 925
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 | 10.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 140.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.02° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.77° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.