The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 2, 1950
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
12:57 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 343
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 299.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.04° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.95° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.