The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 2088
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
9:36 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2050
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 | 205.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 311.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.39° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.24° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.