The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 1962
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
10:10 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 492
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 | 53.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.22° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.03° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.