The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 2072
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
12:20 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1852
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 | 240.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.52° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.16° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.46° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.