The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
9:56 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 208.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 312.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.32° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.21° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.