The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
2:37 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1741
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 | 126.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 56.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.16° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.49° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| 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.