The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 2049
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1568
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 | 80.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 99.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.35° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.60° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.