The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 2107
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
7:49 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2285
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 11:19 PM, is deepest at 1:19 AM and ends at 3:19 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Mercury 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 | 185.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 327.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 6.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.98° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.72° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.