The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 1924
Waxing Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
9:57 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 22
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.08° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.92° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.