The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 2042
Waning Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
11:29 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1481
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 | 225.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 22.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.91° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.23° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.