The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 2078
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
6:07 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1926
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 | 322.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.4° / 207.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 15.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.37° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.39° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.