The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 1901
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
12:34 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -263
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.81° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.30° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.