The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 2124
Waning Crescent
20.8% 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
2:49 AM
4:35 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2495
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 10.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.71° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.35° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.