Today
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2026
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown as it is now (10:45 AM) from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
2:26 PM
78°
Now
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1283
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 10:45 AM.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 27.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.95° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.84° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.