The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
5:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2248
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 | 155.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 6.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -1.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.22° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.09° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.