The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 2159
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
1:13 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2928
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 | 245.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 24.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.21° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.51° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.