The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2048
Waning Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
4:18 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1555
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.8° / 244.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.29° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.32° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.