The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
3:16 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1976
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 | 133.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 44.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.27° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.71° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.