The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 1964
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
6:39 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 181.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.56° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.21° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.