The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
4:27 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -238
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 25.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -3.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.03° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.05° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.