The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 1904
Waning Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -226
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 | 284.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.40° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.39° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.