The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 1944
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
7:47 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 320.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 1.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.26° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.