The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 2030
Waxing Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
11:09 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1333
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 | 70.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 106.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -22.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.82° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.60° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.