The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 1902
Waxing Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
7:20 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -250
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 147.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.08° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.89° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.