The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
5:50 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 357.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / 0.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.86° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.71° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.