The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 2187
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
8:26 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3275
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 132.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -7.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.93° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.33° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.