The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 2157
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
6:56 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2904
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 154.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -8.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.29° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.41° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 0.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.