The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
12:44 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1135
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 | 101.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 81.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.50° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.31° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.