The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2076
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
9:50 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1902
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 116.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.89° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.63° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.