The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
12:36 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 82.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -15.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.85° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.05° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.