The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 2070
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
6:51 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1827
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 | 352.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 161.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -2.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.33° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.29° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.