The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 2081
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
7:02 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1963
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 154.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.34° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.56° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 29.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.