The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 2010
Waning Crescent
23.2% 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
2:25 AM
4:35 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.2%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1085
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 | 302.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.89° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.93° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.