The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 1908
First Quarter
55.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
11:55 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -176
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -23.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.82° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.66° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.