The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 2081
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
7:30 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1964
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 | 13.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 144.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.39° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.21° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.