The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
4:21 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1642
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 | 146.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 20.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -11.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.56° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.90° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.