The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 2135
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
4:58 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2631
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 23.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.42° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.53° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.39° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.