The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
4:43 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 232
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 | 161.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 19.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -3.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.42° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.66° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.