The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1948
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
6:22 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 318
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.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 172.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -0.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.82° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.85° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 168.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.