The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 2023
Waning Gibbous
86.3% 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
9:05 PM
11:17 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1246
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 304.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 20.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.62° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.43° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.