The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
3:30 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -238
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 42.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.83° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.22° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.