The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
3:57 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1172
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 | 141.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 30.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -11.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.84° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.29° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.