The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 2, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
2:34 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -238
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -10.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.80° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.39° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.