The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 2011
Waxing Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
11:11 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1098
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 | 71.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -22.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.76° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.95° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.39° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| 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.