The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
1:38 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1036
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 | 118.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 72.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -22.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.37° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.69° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.