The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2111
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
7:27 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2334
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.4° / 152.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 2.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.25° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.41° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 156.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.