The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 1937
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
5:29 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 182
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 | 350.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 187.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -4.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.79° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.57° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| 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.