The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 2021
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
5:40 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1221
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 | 311.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.5° / 231.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.82° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.18° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.