The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
6:35 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2013
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 | 170.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 347.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / 4.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.74° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.