The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 1926
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
5:09 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 46
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.7° / 227.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 13.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.52° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.09° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.