The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 2197
Waning Gibbous
67.6% 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
10:59 PM
1:24 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3398
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 15m / 22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.63° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.10° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.