The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 1944
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
9:02 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 269
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 | 201.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 7.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.40° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.80° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.