The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1048
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 26.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.15° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.85° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.