The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 1939
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
11:16 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 207
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 | 238.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.29° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.74° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.