The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
4:40 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 702
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 | 149.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.7° / 13.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -8.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.69° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.72° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.