The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 1921
Waxing Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
7:41 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -15
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 142.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.95° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.06° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.