The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 1978
Waxing Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
8:11 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 16.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 136.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.81° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.37° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.