The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 2, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
3:43 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 232
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 38.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.86° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.82° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.