The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2122
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
7:52 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2471
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 | 22.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 138.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.51° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.10° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.