The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 1991
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
4:44 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 850
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.0° / 236.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.79° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.14° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.