The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
1:52 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 331
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 | 131.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 68.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.68° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.41° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.