The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 2026
Waning Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
2:26 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1283
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 | 258.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.69° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.47° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.