The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 2008
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
9:11 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1061
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 | 49.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 123.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -25.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.38° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.06° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.