The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 2147
First Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2780
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.78° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.26° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.