The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2020
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
8:00 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1209
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 3.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.53° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.64° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.