The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
6:32 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1308
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 348.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / 3.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.86° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.94° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| 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.