The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 2110
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
11:43 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2322
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 292.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 15.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.78° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.68° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.