The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 2129
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
12:24 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2557
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 | 240.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 37m / 17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.18° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.47° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.