The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1949
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
5:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 331
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 8:04 PM, is deepest at 9:56 PM and ends at 11:48 PM. Totality lasts from 9:19 PM to 10:33 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 358.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.65° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.