The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 1948
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
6:48 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 319
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 | 12.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 157.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -7.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.69° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.92° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.