The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 2068
Waxing Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1803
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 | 80.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -20.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.00° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.78° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.