The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 2164
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
9:32 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2990
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 | 206.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 309.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 10.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.13° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.08° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.