The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 1989
Waxing Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
8:40 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 826
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 128.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -23.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.31° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.89° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.