The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 1981
Waxing Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
10:35 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 727
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 | 60.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.34° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.22° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| 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.