The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
12:50 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 195
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 | 114.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 80.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.00° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.64° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.