The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
1:09 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2310
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 | 106.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.10° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.12° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.70° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.