The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 2157
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
6:34 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2903
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 | 350.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 165.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / -3.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.41° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.36° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.