The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 2062
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
7:03 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1728
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 154.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.23° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / 2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.76° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.