The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 2000
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
10:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 962
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 | 59.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 111.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.92° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.62° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.