The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 1967
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
7:17 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 553
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 152.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -1.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.17° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.13° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 146.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.