The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 2000
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
11:08 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 962
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 | 70.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.14° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.42° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.