The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 2191
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
6:57 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3324
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 5:09 PM, is deepest at 6:38 PM and ends at 8:07 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 334.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 1.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.87° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.