The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 1959
Waxing Crescent
1.9% 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
8:40 AM
8:07 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 455
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 137.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.18° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.19° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.