The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 2115
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
6:00 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2384
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 | 165.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 344.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.75° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.88° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.