The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2178
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
1:07 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3163
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 291.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.84° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.30° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.