The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
3:59 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 331
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 31.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -8.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.90° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.07° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.