The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 1905
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
10:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -213
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 | 66.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.45° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.74° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.