The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2150
Waxing Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
3:03 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2817
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 | 132.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -17.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.89° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.25° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.