The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 2151
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
2:28 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2829
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 | 261.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 25.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.59° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.12° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| 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.