The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 1997
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
8:27 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 925
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 | 21.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 132.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -8.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.03° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.55° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.