The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 2163
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
10:31 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2978
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 111.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.15° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.57° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.