The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
7:20 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 974
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 326.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / -0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.54° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.87° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 151.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.