The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
3:31 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 937
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 | 136.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.5° / 38.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -12.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.65° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.09° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.