The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 2140
Waning Gibbous
57.3% 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
11:55 PM
2:25 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2693
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 | 261.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 24.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.60° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.88° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| 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.