The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 2117
First Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2409
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -28.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.73° / -5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.42° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.33° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.