The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 2176
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
6:46 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3138
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 159.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.18° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.19° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.