The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2037
Last Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1419
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 272.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 21.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.61° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.80° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.89° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.