The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
2:37 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1048
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 28.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.45° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.66° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.