The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 2049
Waxing Crescent
31.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
10:59 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.1%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1568
Events on this date
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Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 108.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.58° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.63° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.80° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.