The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 1929
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
6:22 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 83
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.
-
Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 173.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / 0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.20° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.03° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 158.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.