The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
2:57 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 331
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 51.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -13.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.87° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.24° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.