The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 2010
Waning Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
3:59 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1085
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 | 289.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.62° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.73° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.