The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 1988
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
3:59 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 813
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 | 280.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 36m / 25.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.62° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.24° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.