The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 1980
Waning Crescent
25.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
4:38 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.2%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 714
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 | 299.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.46° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.89° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.