The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 2038
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
10:07 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1432
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 | 54.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 114.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.79° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.24° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.