The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 1954
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
10:03 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 393
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 | 72.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -24.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.93° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.88° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.