The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 2187
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
7:53 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3275
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.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 142.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -1.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.00° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.56° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.