The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 1906
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
7:22 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -201
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 | 193.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 333.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.13° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.73° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.