The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 2105
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
4:39 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2260
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 | 307.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 231.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 10.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.61° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.53° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.