The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 2121
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
2:22 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2458
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 | 260.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 283.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.72° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.07° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.