The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 2019
Waxing Crescent
29.7% 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
12:59 PM
10:50 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1197
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 108.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.00° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.65° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.82° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.