The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
3:50 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3052
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 30.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.99° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.47° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.5° |
| 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.