The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 2087
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
11:37 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2038
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 | 75.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 101.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.10° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.18° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.