The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 2179
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
8:08 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3176
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 135.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.58° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.89° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.