The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 2156
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
11:39 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2891
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 | 225.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 305.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.73° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.67° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.