The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 2053
Waning Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
12:19 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1617
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.83° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.66° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.