The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 2181
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
3:46 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3200
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 | 290.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.28° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.35° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.