The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
1:02 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -40
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 | 104.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 79.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.20° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.94° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.