The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
4:12 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -3
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -4.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.47° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / -1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.44° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.