The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 2016
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
8:20 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 18.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 133.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -7.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.16° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.96° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.