The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2065
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
8:30 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1766
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 | 35.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 130.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.56° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.10° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.