The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 2031
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
9:29 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1345
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 | 203.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 314.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.08° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.83° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.