The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 2097
Waning Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
6:35 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2161
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.6° / 179.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 8.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.27° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.42° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.