The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 2024
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
7:29 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1259
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 | 9.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 145.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.46° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.43° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.