The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 2070
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
6:19 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1827
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 | 340.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 177.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.21° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.07° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.