The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 2096
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
7:59 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2149
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 | 188.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 322.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 4.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.83° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.65° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| 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.