The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 2050
Waning Gibbous
94.6% 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
8:29 PM
9:44 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1580
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 | 207.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 312.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 14.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.68° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.63° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| 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.