The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 1950
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 79°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
1:50 PM
79°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 343
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 | 263.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 293.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 28.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.02° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.14° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.