The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 2195
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
7:32 AM
6:52 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3374
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 | 0.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 156.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -8.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.96° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.00° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 13.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.