The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 1986
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 AM
7:15 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 788
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 48% of the Sun is covered at 3:07 PM.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 152.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -2.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.58° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.06° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.