The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 1946
Waxing Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
10:42 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 82.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 110.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.24° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.44° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.