The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
2:13 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 96
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.66° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.02° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.