The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 1915
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
3:31 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -90
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 264.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.03° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.63° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.