The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2015
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
12:32 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1147
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 | 242.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.69° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.04° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.