The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 2145
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
9:03 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2755
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 314.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 9.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.72° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.27° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.