The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 2067
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
4:40 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1790
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 11.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.84° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.13° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.