The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 2056
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 AM
3:27 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1654
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 269.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.93° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.69° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.