The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 2134
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
6:40 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2619
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 | 172.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 336.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / -1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.21° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.08° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 222.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.