The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 1929
Waxing Crescent
0.8% 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
7:07 AM
6:46 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 84
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 | 9.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 159.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -5.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.72° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.75° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.