The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 2016
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
8:52 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1160
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 126.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.05° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.74° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.