The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 2002
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
4:46 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 986
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 23.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.29° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.79° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.17° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.