The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2172
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
7:56 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3089
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 | 186.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 325.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 6.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.85° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.48° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.