The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 2057
Waxing Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
10:42 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1667
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.16° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.24° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| 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.