The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 2043
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
7:20 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1494
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 | 6.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 148.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.41° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.84° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.