The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 2098
First Quarter
54.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2174
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -27.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.77° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.93° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.