The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 1973
Waxing Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
11:52 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 628
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 101.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -23.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.95° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.58° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.