The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
5:00 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 331
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 13.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -2.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.81° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.91° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.