The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 2176
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
7:11 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3139
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -12.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.88° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.58° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 322.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.