The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 2184
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 AM
7:00 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3237
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 161.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / 1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.66° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.74° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.