The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 1963
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
7:45 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 504
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 321.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 1.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.30° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.45° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.