The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 1975
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
6:05 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 652
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 | 338.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 181.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 0.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.80° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.46° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.